The Omaha Daily Bee
wt e- VI - -. 1. !
WEATHER FORECAST.
For Nebraska, Kglr; cooler.
For low Fair: fooler.
For. WMiher re see pags 3-
All Department
OMAHA BEE
M TYLER lOOO
VOL. XL NO. ;.
O.MAI I A, TLIHSDAV MOKXINO, SEPTEMBER ?, 1JU0-TWELVK I(5ES.
Ll
Und
aroi
op
1
1
VI)
i
'iV
1
a.
A.
stun . -tt-t
MIL llOOSEYELT'S
LABOR PLATFORM
Colonel Expresses His View in
.Address to Working-men at
Faxgo, 5. D.
FOR GOOD RATE OF WAGES
Enable Families to Live According to
American Ideals.
cLe
DAY OFF
II
WEEK
1
Colonel Alio Declart " ?
Say and Against -
' 7
LABOR AND B0C1 " I
ight-Hour
Labor.
tOBLEMS
Material Developmei Centnry
- .Betas; New Helatlow. mrk Re-
aire Maw Adjustments-
V KAROO, Sept 1 In an addreea today
o thousands of worklngmen of North Da
kota Theodora Roosevelt outlined his be
lief as to what should be done for the
benefit of tha laboring classes In America.
I Speaking at the Labor dy celebration at
Island
Cv "Our
d park ha gave his doctrine as follows;
r ideals should be- a rate of wages
sufficient to enable workmen to live in a
manner conformable to American ideals and
to ' eduoate their children and to provide
for sickness and old age; tha abolition of
child labor; legislation to preveot Indus
, trial accidents and automatlo compensation
for losses cauaed by these industrial acci
dents." Colonel Roosevelt also declared for a
workday of not mora than eight hours,
release from employment one day In seven
days, abolition of the sweat shop system,
sanitary Inspection of factory, workshop,
mine and home, playgrounds for all children
I and free schools, free tuition and compul-
V sory education.
The oolonel said that labor unions were
a necessity of modern life. The working
man, he said, should be protected by law
from the greed and oarelessness of un
scrupulous employers, just as both em
ployer and employe are protected by law
in their lives and property against the
murderer and the tblef. To accomplish
this. Colonel Roosevelt Bald, national and
state laws should be passed.
Colonel Roosevelt's Address.
Colonel Roosevelt's speech was aa follows!
"Today on Labor day I speak in one
.sense especially to those personally and
vltstfly Interested In the labor struggle; and
(ret I speak of this primarily as one aspect
f the larger social struggle growing out
. , Of the attempts to 'readjust social condi
tions and make them more equitable.
' The nineteenth century was distinctly
-jne of eeonomlo triumphs triumphs in the
. domain of production, Including transporta
Q son and the mechanic of exchange. The
T narvelous progress) made in these respects
J nultlpiled man's productive power, to an
NVUmost inconceivable degree.; In the matter
fjtft tha production of wealth, as much prog
jf reae was made during the -nineteenth cen
tury a during aU previous periods since
history . dawned that
is, the changes
brought In ' a single oentury through
9
' machinery and steam have been greater
J ttts-n the aura total of the changes of the
f piBcedlng thousands of years; and these
"Very changes and this material progress
have thrust upon us social and political
problems of the first magnitude. The tri
umphs of the physical sciences In the nine
teenth century represented progress pri
marily in the material elements of civilisa
tion. The most pressing problems tiat con
front the preaent century are not oonoerned
with the material production of wealth.
but with its distribution. The demands of
progress now deal not sJ much with the
moral and ethical factors of civilisation.
Our tiasio problem is to see that the mar
velouely augmented powers of production
bequeathed to us by the nlnsnteenth cen
tury shall In the twentieth be mads to ad
minister to the needs of the many rather
than be exploited fori, je profit of the few
"The American wage-earner faces this
larger soa'al problem In a dual oapaclly
first, aa a ettlsan of the republic oharged
with the full duty of oiUsenshlp; and next
as a wage-earner- a wage-worker who,
together with bis fellow-workers, la vitally
concerned In ths question of wages and
general conditions of employment, which
affeownot only his well-being and that of
Jill
T
Is wife and children, but the opportunities
f all workers for a higher development,
g vrHiivB mm vr,,Xf
1- "It Is true of wage-workers, as ' of all
lather cltlsens, that most of their progress
gnust depend upon their own initiative and
M their own of forts. Nevertheless, there are
f three (Afferent factors in this progress,
m '.There Is, first, the share which the man'
i own individual qualities must determine.
This is the most important of all. tor noth
ing can supply the place of indlvldaal ca
pactty. Yet there are two other factors
also of prima .importance, namely, what
can, be done by the wage-workers in co
operation with one another, and what can
be done by government that is, by ths in
strument through which all the people work
collectively. Wages and other most import
ant conditions of employment must remal
largely outside of government control, must
be left for adjustment by free contract be
tween employers and wage-earners, subject
to legislation which will prevent conditions
which compel man or woman to accept
wages representing less than will ensure
decent living.
"Hut to attempt to leave this merely to
individual action means the absolute de
struction of individualism; for where th
Individual Is so weak that he, perforce, lias
to accept whatever a strongly organized
body cnuoses to give him. his individual
liberty becomes a mere sham and mock
ry. It is Indispensably neoessary. In order
to preserve to the largest degree our system
of Individ uallnm. that there should be ef
fective and organised collective action. The
j wage-earnera must act Jointly, through the
I proresa of collective bargaining, in great
I InduKtrlal enterprise. Only thus can they
J. be put -upon a plane of eeonomlo equality
J with their corporate employers. Only thus
- .Is freedom of contract made a real thing
'and not a mere legal fiction. There are
occasional occupations where this is not
ft necessary, but. speaking broedley, it Is nec-
' esrary throughout the great world of or
ganised Industry. I believe this practice of
collects (bargaining, effective only through
sua -j. 'tuoDI as ine trades un nm
Jt 4 "i tfc A of the moat potent forces
Hi 6 S- cuntury in promoting the prog
resa' of the wage-earners and in securing
larger social progress for humanity wher
ever there Is organised capital on a con-
(Continued on Tenth Page.)
Post is Denied
Injunction by ,
Federal Judge
nnsnasassann
! Judge Smith McPherson Refuses to
Issue Order Asked in La
bor Case.
11ED OAK. la.. feDt. 6. Judge Smith
Mci'herson of the united states district
court today denied tha requett vi .
lvst of Battle Creek. Mich., for an Injunc
tion to restrain tha American Federation of
Labor and lia of f h ere and Bucks Stove and
Rang company of St. Louis' from entering
into a closed shop agreement. The court
aid sufficient notice had not been Riven to
defendants. Attorneys for Mr. Post and for
the stove company Mere present.
The petition of C. W. Tost of Hat
tie Creek, Mich., ' for an Injunction
to restrain the American Federation
of Labor and the oiVlcers of the
Bucks Stove and Range company of St.
Louts from entering Into a closed shop
agreement wss heard this morning In
ehambers by United states District Judge
Smith McPherson." The hearing was In
Judge McPheison's office. In this room
was argued the latest phase In a case that
has teen one of the most celebrated and
hard fought In tha annals of American or
ganised laoor.
Judge McPherson's Labor day hearing
was In a suit In equity In which the de
fendants are the stove company, President
Uompers, Secretary Frank Morrison, John
Mitchell and some fifty other leaders In
ha American Federation of Labor. The
action grew out of the meeting held In
Cincinnati In July at which labor leaders
and stove company officials agreed to
terms for the lifting of the boycott on the
product of tha Bucks company.
Post's petition Is that as a stockholder
n the Bucks company he and the Company
will suffer great loss If the plant la made
Into a closed shop.
Fast Train on
Illinois Central
Jumps Track
Engineer is Killed and Several Pas
sengers Injured in Wreck East
of Galena, 111.
SCALESMOUNU, 111., Sept S. Passenger
train No. 6, west bound, on the Illlnol
Central railroad left the track one-halt
mile east of Council Hill station at t o'clock
this morning and crashed Into the He k
bound side of the track, smashing th
engine," throwing four coaches from the
track and demolishing the mall car and
baggage car.
Knglneer Frank Tucker was killed by
being crushed while seated in his cab. He
was the only man killed, although many
passengers received severe Injuries.
The train was rounding a curve on a
down grade, running at about fifty mllea
an hour.' The cause of the disaster waa a.
broken brake shoe dropping on the - rail
and throwing the tender from the track.
derailing the balance of the train.
The most seriously injured were:
Frank Campbell, railway mall clerk, leg
broken.
Minnie Kerster, knee wrenched.
Fred Kerrher, 43v Northwestern avenue,
Jollet, 111., hand cut and bruised; not seri
ous. W. R. Morgan, 44 vanburen street. Free-
port, 111., bruised and head cut.
Joseph ureyer, intra street, rsew im,
hands and feet cut.
Ross Holme, railway mail clerk, Free-
port, 111., badly cut and Lruised; not dan
gerous.
J. J. Robner, roe port, in., enoumer ana
head cut.
R. P. Griffin, railway mail clerk. Rock-
ford. 111.. Cut and bruised.
George Peckham Johnson, broker, iu
Salle street, Chicago, rougmy shaken up,
but unhurt. ,
The mall coach was shattered and the
railway mall train crew badly bruised, but
all escaped dangerous Injury. Tha mall
waa scattered and some of It destroyed.
Medical and surgical aid was called by
telephone from Gallent and Scales mound
nearby.
REV. CLYDE GOW DISMISSED
Missouri Mlalster la Penitentiary
Is
Inf rocked by Saprenie Tribunal
of Hie tkonh.
PLATTSBDRG, Mo., epL 5. Rev. Clyde
Clow, formerly pastor of a Lincoln county
Methodlet Episcopal church, south, was to
day dismissed from the church on charges
made against the minister by Miss Elisa
beth Gleaaon, a school teacher, who died
two years ago aa the result of an opera
tion. Rev. Oow ta now under sentence of
four years in the penitentiary on the
charges made by Miss Gleaaon.
The minister's case has been uitder con
sideration by the okuroh for nearly three
years. He was found guilty at a former
trial and ordered expelled. He appealed to
the general council and was given a second
trial, which closed today.
ELEVEN MILLIONS SAVED
Co-Operatlon of Postal Employes
Enables Depart meat to Save
His Buaa.
SARATOGA, N. Y., Sept. S.-Through the
eneray and co-operation of the postofflce
employes throughout the country a saving
of Sll.OOO.Ono became noturiole In the Post
office department this year, according to a
statement made by P. V. PeGraw, fourth
assistant postmaster general, In an address
before the United National Association of
Postofflce Clerks, which began Its eleventh
annual convention here today.
Census Figures Reveal
s
"General Growth of Cities
WASHINGTON, Sept. . One of the most
noteworthy developments in connection
wltU ths census is that of ths papulation
of sbaut seventy-five cities so far reported
on none show an actual loss of population.
During the U90-19C4 period Albany, N. Y.,
Lynchb'irg, Vs., Sioux City, la., Lansing,
Ssglnsw and Bay City, Mich., were all
shown to have sustained real losses. All
of these cities have now Joined the gaining
claaa snd some of them have scored heavily.
The decrease In Albany and Bay City in
1900 was less than 1 per cent each and both
rallied before the enumerator made his ap
pearance last June. Albany showing an In-
ALDRICH AND
DAHLMAN MEET
eBBBSBBBssweaa y
Gubernatorial Candidates Heard in
Addresses at Omaha Labor
Day Picnic.
WAS ALMOST A JOINT DEBATE
Hitchcock, Lobeck and Sutton Also
Make Talks.
C. J. SMYTH ADVISES SOLIDARITY
John 0. Yeiser Puts in Kind Word
for Aldrich.
ATTENDANCE IS VERY SMALL
Proarrnni of Sports Carried (Tnt ll
Good Shape, and m Mrrstllag
Match Adds Interest to the
, Resjwlar Events.
Bpeechmaklng at the picnic of the Omaha
Central Labor union Monday afternoon
very quickly resolved Itself Into something
siivorlng of a Joint debate among the
candidates.
John O. Yeiser, who wai the first orator
introduced, said that because C. H. Aldrich,
republican candidate for governor, has few
acquaintances In Omaha someone ought to
say a good word for him. This he pro
ceeded to do.
Mayor .Ilm Dahlmen, who was next In
troduced by Chairman A. J. Donahue, re
sponded with a few remarks in his own
behalf, and after him Mr. Aldrloh himself j
outlined his principles. j
G. M. Hitchcock broadened the discus
sion Into national Issues, and when lie hnd
finished C. O. Lobecli and Iude 8uttr,n,
democratic and republican candidates for
congress, good naturedly berated each
other. "Uncle Bill" Christie had a chance
to speak and a disinterested address' was
delivered by C. J. Smyth. Mr. myih ad
monished the laboring men to stick -together
and vote together In politics o- lose
their chance of amounting to anything.
The same pl-ja, was made by Peter
Mehre.ns, representing the socialists, but he
turned his talk into an argument for
socialism as the ultimate salvathvi.
Mayor Dahlmen's Talk.
Mayor Jim's remarks were largely de
voted to the questions of personal liberty,
"I have no lawyer to talk for me," ho
said, when Mr. Yeiser had resumed his
seat,, after discussing the )glslatlve record
of Mr. Aldrich, "but I am a plain man of
the people and I can talk for myself. I
am never afraid to say what I think about
the rights of labor and the poor man, be
cause I know that in my breast beats a
heart in sympathy with the needs of the
laboring man.
Is there another cndldate who has ever
promised, or even pledged to you, that he
will stand for an arbitration act if he gets
Into power. I can say openly that when I
get' to be' governor and a bill for establish
ing a state board of arbitration for settling
aU disputes between labor and capital is
Introduced I will sign It and If the legisla
ture won't do It without help from me, I
will have the bill Introduced on ray own
responsibility.
'I am standing in this campaign for the
personal liberty of every man. I want that
very plainly understood and I made my
fight In the rank and file of the party. The
real Issue in this campaign now is whether
or not the will of the people once registered
in the "primaries Is to stand or can be
overthrown by a man who will not with
draw when he Is beaten and who Is trying
to force me to spend thousands of dollars
to hold what I have fairly won.
"In spite of the fact that he had the
help of the machine in every county and
I was fighting the leaders In both parties,
the people cast their votes for personal
liberty, and now the question Is whether
or not I am to be robbed by trickery of
what they gave me."
The chairman, oTny Donahue, made some
rather caustio remarks about the mayor's
suggestion of an arbitration board. He said
that if the treatment labor ordinarily gets
from the courts is any criterion, then ques
tions of moment hsd better be kept out of
their hands as much as possible.
Aldrich Woald ! Bill.
"I too, am willing to sign an arbitration
bill," said Mr. Aldrich. "I am In favor of
doing everything in my power fur the labor
ing men while they are in the right and
when they are wrong I will be against
them. I was responsible for the passing In
the senate of this state of tne employer's
liability law and I framed the railway com
mission measure of the last session. I have
always been a real and active friend to
labor and what I have done can be seen
in actual results in the law books."
Small Crowd at Beaoh.
The people of Omaha were scattered all
over the city In their celebration of Labor
day and every resort and park that was
open received a share of the patronage. Al
though the day was bright and inviting
there was not a large crowd at the special
IBDor aay pionio, wnicn maae up in en
thusiasm ofr its lack of attendance.
Other labor celebrations planned were
picnics by the bricklayers at Benson and
the carpenters at Florence. Two big spe
cial events, the closing of the Bohemian
festival and the last day of the Westllcher
Kriegerbund, took a great many people
away from the special celebration.
There were about 1.000 people at the
beach during the afternoon and before the
speeches they were entertained by a abort
athltlo program. Claude Milder won both
the fat man's race and the needle race snd
Harrey Wright won the boys' race. A
(Continued on Third Page.)
crease of (H per cent and Bay City of 63
per cent. Sioux City, which loat 13 per cent
frcm 190 to 1900 now reports a gain of over
44 per cent, while Lynchburg, whlob fell
away during the previous decade to the
extent of 4 per cent now shows a gain of A
per cent. Saginaw, with a loss In 1900 of
S per cent made a gain of 19 per cent In
1919.
Not only have there been no losses dur
ing the last ten years, but In most case
the Incresse has been of consldersble
dimensions. Albany was the only city of
the entire number to score less than 10
per cent
?: Happy Jones
2-.' iljS- MWwrFWm I 4 PW.
1 N-Pllpl
From tha Cleveland Fltln
Dealer.
MR. TAFT TALKS TO LABOR
Deliver. Second Address at Minnesota
State Fair Grounds.
LABOR LEADERS NOT IN DANGER
President Declares Knows of !ta
Intention to Prosecute Them I'nder '
AbII Trust !. On Way
, Kast Aa-alu.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 5 -After speaking
at the Conservation congress In St. Paul
this morning and at the Minnesota state
fair grounds outside this city this after
noon President Tsft left for Beverly tonight
by way of Chicago.
In his conservation address the presi
dent won a quick response from his thou
sands of hearers by an appeal to practical
common sense in dealing with conservation
problems.
In th opinion of many who heard him.
he also made answer to the recent agita
tion for a "new nationalism," or a federal
centralisation of power, by declaring the
only safe course to pursue -was to hold fast
to the limitations of the constitution and
to regard aa sacred. ixw of the states.
Mr. Tart, amid 'nrl&Aa tr,. WA......
references to the 'services of Theodore
Roosevelt In the cause of conservation, but
ne aeciared the time for rhapsodies and
glittering generalities had passed. He sugX
gested to the digress that it should invite
its speakers to come down, to details, to
specific evils and specific remedies.
Hrlnaa Audience to Feet.
These sentiments by the president seemed
to receive the approval of nearly all his
hearers. They came near the end of a long,
detailed and exhat-stlve discussion of con
servation and he ended his speech with the
audience on Its feet.
At the fair grounds the president de
livered a Labor day address, the most
notable utterance of which was a state- 1
ment that he knew of on intention' on the
psrt of the government to prosecute labor
leaders under the anti-trust law. At tho
same time the president sad he did hot
believe labor organisations should ' be
exempted from such prosecution by specific
statute. He declared that suoh a provision
of law would smack of class legislation.
The president received a demonstrative,
but not an uproarious welcome In St. Paul,
The streets were lined fro mthe depot to
the reviewing stand where Mr. Taft wit
nessed the passing of the Labor day
parade. At the conservation congress, the
pieeident was wel-comed with prolonged
cheering. After luncheon in St. Paul, he
rode by automobile to the state fair
grounds at Hamllns and received a
tumultous greeting from a throng which
filled the grand stand and overflowed Into
the race track and Infield.
On the way Into Minneapolis from the
fair grounds the president was gr-elcd
noisily along the way. He was dined at a
hotel here this evening. Informally, tnd
then wxs driven direct to his train.
Labor Day Address.
In his fair grounds' speech, the president
said:
'The magnitude of this state fair and the
Immense throng of people to attendance
are convincing evidence of the greatness of
Minnesota as an agricultural state.
"This Is Labor day a day given over to
emphasising the Importance of manual
labor In our civilisation and to properly ex
alting Its dignity. The two classes In the
community that are moBt Important are Its
farmers and Its worklngmen, and this oc
casion and this date, suggest thoughts of
both. There is sitting now in the city of
St. Paul a convention for the promotion of
the conservation of our national reaources.
To no one does that subject come home
with more vltsl significance than to the
farmer. If anybody Is to profit by con
servatlon end if anybody Is to make con
servation profitable to others. It is the
(Continued on Third Page.)
Tyler 1000.
That's the num
ber A cbeeful staff is always ready
to attend to your wants.
If you want to rent a borne
Or Wish to buy land
To sell property
To employ servants.
Call Tyler 1000 aud tell tho
ad man about it. He will
write your notice and place it.
ghat's aJL
"Jonegy, there, looka plump and happy."
"Yea, he didn't go to th woods for hla vacation
Freight Steamer
Burns in Ocean;
Crew is Saved
Thirty-Two Men in Crew Spend Five
Days in Boats and Are Res
cued by Liners.
CAPE RACE. N. K . Sept. 4.-After suf
fering much all of the tnlrty-two men
comprising the crew of the British freight
e te loner West Point, Glasgow for Charles
ton, 8. C, which burned Xo the water's
edge In mldocean Sunday last, are safe.
News that the rescue of the West Point's
crew had been completed by the picking
up at midnight on Friday last of Captain
Plnkham and fifteen men who had been
with him for five days in an open boat, and
the last few days without food, by the
Cutiard liner Lauretanla, New York for
Liverpool, was received here today by a
wireless relay from that steamer. Mean
while, an equal number of the crew of the
Ill-fated steamer, heeded by ths chief mats,
Is approaching Boston on the Soverign.
BOSTON, Sept. 4 Captalr. Trant of the
steamer, Devonian, in a wireless dispatch
today to the Associated Pree, tells of a
sea-wide search by wireless for the missing
boat contattulng Captain ItrtAham and IS
men, during which he communicated with
a dosen or more steamers, put them on the
lookout for the shipwrecked men, and at
last had tha satisfaction to hear from the
steamer, Matirotanla. that they were saved.
Death Takes
Dr. Rosenwasser
Brother of the Late Edward and An
drew Rosewater Passes
Away.
Word has come from Cleveland, O- of
the death there Sunday of Dr. Marcus
Rosenwasser, brother of the late Edward
Rosewater and Andrew Rosewater, and one
of the leading physicians and surgeons of
the country. There are In Omaha also a
living brother and two sisters in Dr.
Charles Rosewater, Mrs. Charles Singer
and Mrs. Edward Kohn, but as the funeral
set for Tuesday It will be Impossible
for any of them to attend. Dr. Roxsen-
wasser was educated abroad and alone of
all the brothers retained the German form
of the family name, lie has been In Omaha
number of times as a visitor and has
had Investments here. He wss In his sixty-fourth
year, and by seeming coincidence
died of heart failure almost exactly, within
a few days, four years after the death of
his brother, Edward, who likewise died of
heart failure.
BALLINGER COMMITTEE
MEETS AND ADJOURNS
Members Will Attend Receptions to
Taft and Hoosevelt and Begin
Work Wednesday.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 5.-The Balllnger
congressional Investigating committee held
Its first session today since the hearing) In
Washington. Seven of the twelve members
constituting the conunlttee of the house
and senate were present and another. Sen
ator Purcell of North Dakota, was expected
later In the day. Immediately after being
called to order an adjournment waa taken
until Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. The
committee then left for St. Paul to attend
the conservation congress and the luncheon
for President Taft. They will also be pres
ent at the reception to Colonel Roosevelt
tomorrow. The members who have arrived
for the consideration are:
Senator Nelson, chairman; Senators Suth
erland of L'tifch and Fletcher of Florida;
Representatives MoOall, Madison and James
and Graham.
Depot Director Holds Baby
and Becomes "Bad Mans"
Will you hold my baby a few minutes
while I run over to the Burlington sta
tion?" asked a pretty young woman at the
Union station.
"Of course," answered ths passenger di
rector, and he carefully took charge of
tbe baby and started out on the waiting
expedient. He continued the waiting proc
ess with various degrees of patience for
fifteen minutes and then, as it was time
to call the trains he be ran to look around.
But the mother waa not In sight.
Finally he decided to do the Job while
holding the baby and a second later his big
bsss voice was fllllnj; the station, when
suddenly the baby threw up both bands
this year."
EXTRASESSION? RDHASPOP?
Governor ShallenbergeT Being Urged
by Bryan to Take Action.
REFERENDUM QUESTION UP AGAIN
Kxeeutlre Seriously Considering Mek
Ins; Rare on PopulUt Ticket
Bryan In Lincoln la tan-assies;
Situation Alee.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Neb., Sept. S.-(Speclal ) Gov
ernor Shallenberger is seriously consider
ing making the race for governor on the
populist ticket should he be unable to har
vest the democratic nomination by a re.
count of the votes.
Should he conaent to run on the populist
ticket he will have the unqualified support
nrobably of Mr. Bryan, who has said to
friends that he would not be satisfied with
Mayor Dahlman occuylng the guberna
torial chair, with the liquor question as an
Issue.'
Two propositions have been put up to
Governor Sliallenberger, one to run as a
populist: the other to call an extra aesRlon
of the legislature and submit the initiative
and referendum to a vote of liie puuple.
Of course, Mr. Bryan is behind this last
suggestion. He still desires this question
to be submitted, by a democratic legisla
ture and Inasmuch as both parties have
declared In favor of it, he believes the
old legislature, If called In extra session,
will pass the bill which was killed In the
last session. It Is the Idea of those who
are urging the povernor to call the extra
session that he can consistently do this
now and then quietly drop off the earth
Insofar aa seeking office in this campaign
b concerned; support Mayor Dahlman, the
democratic nominee and be in line for the
senate two years from now. It hp.s also
been urged that Mr. Bryan can then be
regular and support Dahlman, holding that
the submission of the Initiative and refer
endupi takes the liquor question out of the
campaign.
Bryan and Ustrn Session.
Those who have talked to Mr. Bryan say
he is firmly convinced that the legislature,
If called In extra session, will submit the
Initiative and referendum. He has nine
teen members of the senate pledged to vote
for the bill and as many who are not
pledged In writing who are candidates
for re-election on platforms which endorse
this Bryan paramount Issue. He believes
they can be forced Into line, or be held
up to their constitutlents as lepudiators of
a platform. Mr. Bryan, so his friends say.
believes the time for the governor to striae
Is now. lie believes the extra session should
be called at once before the campaign fairly
starts.
On the other hand C. B. Manuel, head
of the populist state committee, Insists
that Sliallenberger should run for governor
on the populist ticket. He hnd a long talk
with the governor about this question this
morning and It Is reported a number of
populists have talked with Bryan, with
the result that the governor will announce
no decision on the question until after he
talks with Bryan, probably in about one
week.
"From all over Nebraska," said Manuel,
"people are urging Sliallenberger to accept
the populist nomination. I believe he can
be elected on that ticket. He will, receive
all of the populist vote, at least 20,000 and
he has with him fully 60 per cent of the
democrats of the state. To offset this
democratic vote which Is for Sliallen
berger, Dahlman will have to get about
f0 per cent of the republican vote and of
course that Is an possibility. Sliallen
berger will start Into the campaign with
that much of a lead, X,0"0 populists and
half of the democrats.
"I cannot for the life of me see where
Dahlman can catch up with him. Many
(Continued on Third Page.)
- and feet and Joined In tha chorus and
kept up Into the encore,
mother showed up.
Still no pretty
Maybe a pin was sticking the kid,
thought the director. And forthwith there
ensued a hunt for the said pin. Maybe
Ha collar was tight, thought the director.
"Nope," thst wss Impossible with the noise
coming from Its throat.
The second verse was encored and the
beginning of the third wss started when
the-mother sppeared.
"Well, well, did the naughty man scare
my precious, darling, honeybunch?" she
said. "There, little doodledums, mother
has come." And tbe baby responds with
"Goo."
TAFT TALKS OF
C0KSE11VATI0N
resident, in Address to National Con
gress at St. Paul, Outlines Pol
ciy of Administration.
HERITAGE FROM PREDECESSOR
BatasasBBBBBsa
Effort is to Remedy Evils Pointed Out
by Theodore Roosevelt.
r
RECOMMENDS LEASING SYSTEM
Thinks Coal and Oil Can Be Conserved
by This Method.
POWER SITE PROBLEM DISCUSSED
Many Annies of Mtnatloa Considered.
bat o Recommendation Is Marie
Conservation Means Tee,
Not Tiring? I p Resources.
ST. PAl'L, Sept. 5 President Taft In nn
address before the National Conservation
congress here today made plain his posi
tion on the whole subject of conservation.
The speech wss an exhaustive one and
prepared with greater care than any pre
vious utterance Mr. Taft has made since
his Inauguration. The president showed an
exnet knowledge of the suhleet. which sur
prised many of his hearers.
The central note of his address was an
appesl for practical common sense In con
servation.
'The time has come." he declared, "for
a halt In general rhapsodies over conser
vation, making the word mean every known
good In the world, for tbe public attention
has been aroused, such sppea'ls a are of
doubtftil utility and do not mske clear to
tho public the specific course that the
people should take, or have their legislators
take. In order to promote the cause of
conservation.
"Real conservation Involves wise, nnn
wasteful use In the present generation,
with every possible means of preservation
for future generations.
"The problem Is how to save and how to
utilise, how to oonserve and still develop."
Pie for Practical HnsisTestlons.
The president's concluding sentence waa
a plea that when men come forward to
suggest evils that conservation will cure,
thny be Invited to point out the specific
evils and the specific remedies; that they
be Invited to come down to details so that
their discussions may flow Into channels,
"that shall be useful rather than Into
periods thst shall be entertslning without
shedding real .light on the subject."
President Taft announced that he would
submit to congress the solution of the
problem of adjusting the control of water
sites as between the slates and the general
government.
The president got a most demonstrative
Welcome at the conservation congress. Clif
ford Pinchot, who had been In St. Paul
for two days, was not , present. He went v
Into Representath e Jamea Tawnojrs dis
trict today to deliver a speech in favor of
Mr. Tawney's opponnrit. The former for
ester will be back In the city tomorrow to
greet Colonel Roosevelt. James R. Garfield
also comes tomorrow.
The president reached St. Paul at S a. m.
The president was greeted with applause
and occasionally cheering as he was driven
from the station to the reviewing stand.
Immediately after the parade he' pro
ceeded to the auditorium to address the
conservation congress.
Kilns at New Nationalism.
Mr. Taft gave repeated credl) In his
speech -to Colonel Roosevelt for hfs Work
for conservation, but he apparently took
a fling at the "new nationalism" when he
said:
"In this there Is a disposition to look too
much to the fedeial government for relief.
I am liberal In the construction of the
constitution with reference to federal
power, but I am firmly oonvlnoed that
the only safe course for us to pursue Is to
hold fast to the limitations of the consti
tution to regard as satisfactory the work
of the states."
When President Taft was Introduced the
entire audience stood and cheered. No ef
fort was made, however, to prolong the
demonstrstlon.
The president's first mention of Mr.
Hoosevelt called out another demonstra
tion which lasted about as long ss the one
In greeting to him. While It continued tbe
president took off his reading glasses and
smiled good naturedly on the great audi
ence. ..
.Mr. Taft was constantly interrupted by
cheering.
Leaving the conseratlon congress the
president wss escorted to the St. Paul hotel,
where he was entertained atJuncheon. The
president will make his address at the
state fair grounds at 4:30 p. m., and after
spending the late afternoon In Minneapolis,
will leave for Beverly at 8:16 p. m.
President Taft's Address,
President Taft said:
Gentlemen of the National Conservation.
Congress: Conservation as an eeonomlo
and political term has come to mean the
preservation of our natural resources for
economic use, so as to secure the greatest
good to the greatest number. In the de
velopment of this country, In ths hardship!
of the pioneer, In the energy of the settler.
In (he snxlety of the Investor for quick re
turns, there was very little time, oppor
tunity or desire to prevent waate of thoss
resources supplied by nature which could
not be quickly transmuted Into money;
while the Investment of capital was so
great a desideratum that the people as a
community exercised little or no care to
prevent the transfer of absolute ownership
of many of the valuable natural resources
to private Individuals without retaining
some kind of control of their use. The Ira
pulse of the whole new community was to
encourage the coming of population, ths
Increase of aettlement and the opening up
of business; snd he who demurred In the
slightest degree to any step which prom
ised additional development of the Idle re
sources, at hand waa regarded as a traitor
to his neighbors and an obstructor to pub
lic progress. But now that the communi
ties have become old, now that the flush of
enthusiastic expansion has died away, now
that the would-be pioneers have come to
realize that all the richest lands In th
country have been taken up, w have per
ceived the necessity for a change of policy
In the disposition of our national resource
so as to prevent the continuance of the
wssie which hss characterised our phenom
enal growth In the paat. Today we desire
to restrict and retain under puhllo control
the acquisition and use by the capitalist of
our natural resources.
Rejoices la Roosevelt Heritage,
"The danger to the state and to the peo-